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Government shutdown live updates: Senate approves short-term government funding bill
The deal does not include a provision to raise the debt limit.
With a government shutdown narrowly avoided late Friday into Saturday morning, the House and Senate sent a funding bill to President Joe Biden's desk.
An initial bipartisan deal was tanked earlier this week by President-elect Donald Trump and his ally, Elon Musk. Then on Thursday night, the House failed to pass a revamped plan that included Trump's explosive demand that the debt limit be extended.
Under the proposal, the 118-page bill contains most of the provisions that were put in place in the bipartisan bill that was agreed to on Wednesday. The bill includes $100 billion for disaster aid, $30 billion for farmers and a one-year extension of the farm bill, provisions that were under heavy debate prior to this week's votes.
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- Voting formally ends, Democrats vote yes
- What's included in the new bill
- New bill to avert shutdown released, plans for vote soon
Dems proclaim 'hell no', Republican funding bill expected to fail
Democrats appear to be against the funding deal pitched by Republicans, a source with knowledge of the discussions told ABC News.
Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said he's not just a no but a "hell no," which prompted chants of "hell no" during their closed-door meeting, the source said.
-ABC News' Mary Bruce and Benjamin Siegel
Bernie Sanders decries Musk on X for spurring shutdown
A day after Elon Musk took to his social media platform X to threaten members of Congress supporting a funding plan, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders clapped back.
Sanders made two posts on X Thursday calling out Musk's intimidation and Republicans for folding under the pressure.
"Are we still a democracy or have we already moved to oligarchy and authoritarianism?" the independent senator asked.
"The US Congress this week came to an agreement to fund our government. Elon Musk, who became $200 BILLION richer since Trump was elected, objected. Are Republicans beholden to the American people? Or President Musk? This is oligarchy at work," he added in another post.
House slated to debate new funding plan soon
The House is slated to debate and then vote on the new government funding plan this evening.
House Speaker Mike Johnson scheduled a vote on the American Relief Act, 2025, between 6 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Eastern time.
It’s expected to be taken up under suspension of the rules, which will require a two-thirds majority for the bill to pass.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said he’s against the measure. Should this vote fail, Republicans will need to go back to the drawing board.
-ABC News' Lauren Peller
Details of new GOP funding plan revealed
A funding plan just released by Republicans included some new proposals that appeared to satisfy Trump and others.
The proposal includes a three-month government funding extension, a two-year suspension of the debt limit that kicks the deadline to January 2027, a farm bill extension, a $110 billion disaster relief expansion and funding to rebuild the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore.
The bill leaves out the provision transferring the RFK Stadium site from the federal government control to Washington, D.C., control and restrictions on U.S. outbound investment in China.
-ABC News' Lauren Peller